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M. just stood there and looked at each other. They could see that some of the fellows were getting promoted real fast, but they remained silent and started out as privates. Rass and Lehi M. stayed together in battery "F." They were in the depot brigade for about two weeks and then went into the 348th Field Artillery Brigade and Regiment after it was fonned. Because of the shortage of arms, the men did some of their training with sticks instead of guns. They did go to some school during this training period. Those who were married were able to send for their wives and Martha spent some time with Rass while they were there. Lehi, who was still single, applied for officer's training and he and one other man who passed the competitive tests, were accepted. Lehi was hesitant to accept because he did not want to be separated from his brother and the rest of the company, but their commander, <:apt. Quinn advised him to take the training because there was no assurance that this group could remain together. In a short time, Lehi hl. was sent to Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, for training, after which he went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In the meantime, Rnss was sent over~eas.~ Rass saw action in hoth France and Germany and participated in many major battles in the Argon Forest in France, which was the scene of some of the bitterest fighting in the closing days of World War 1. He was located there at the time of the Armistice which was signed Nov. 11, 1918. During this time Rass became very well acquainted with Capt. John R. Quinn, his commander, and a lifelong friendship grew out of their association. Rass and Martha named their first child, Quinn, after this man. Rass returned from overseas duty during April, 1919, and he and Martha returned again to the mountain at Corry Point for the summer to work with the Jones livestock. That winter, they lived in a n upstairs apartment of the large Jones home. Martha worked at the hank while Rass continued with livestork. In the Spring of 1920, they homesteaded a farm four miles west of Cedar City where they built a one-room home.' One day, when Grandma Henrietta and Ann stopped by, :dl Martha could prepare for a meal was rice, and she wondered if her nlother-inlaw approved of her ability as a homemaker, under these circumstances.' Rass and Martha raised thir children on the farm and, eventually, added on to the house. They spent their lives working and huilding up the farm and their livestock business. There was a tremendous amount of work to be done in running a farm. One of the triggest jobs during the summer was harvestins the hay, which was put up loose by means of a piece of machinery called a Jackson Fork, sometimes referred to as the "nmn killer," The hay was un199

M. just stood there and looked at each other. They could see that some of the fellows were getting promoted real fast, but they remained silent and started out as privates. Rass and Lehi M. stayed together in battery "F." They were in the depot brigade for about two weeks and then went into the 348th Field Artillery Brigade and Regiment after it was fonned. Because of the shortage of arms, the men did some of their training with sticks instead of guns. They did go to some school during this training period. Those who were married were able to send for their wives and Martha spent some time with Rass while they were there. Lehi, who was still single, applied for officer's training and he and one other man who passed the competitive tests, were accepted. Lehi was hesitant to accept because he did not want to be separated from his brother and the rest of the company, but their commander,